Talasey paving

Porcelain paving is known to be one of the easiest types of flagstones to keep looking clean and 'as new'.

Its fantastic technical properties mean it doesn’t weather as quickly as other paving types and when it does need a general clean, it’s requires minimal effort.

Vitripiazza is an extremely strong, hard wearing paving type and has a very low water absorption, giving excellent resistance to the environment and weather, with a high resistance to UV, frost, salt and acid. 

Ceramic tiles can be used for indoor and outdoor renovation projects but vitrified porcelain is the preferred option.

The main difference between a vitrified porcelain and a ceramic tile is the water absorbency rate.  Vitrified porcelain absorbs less than 0.5% of water whilst ceramic will absorb much more. 

Vitrified porcelain paving is produced through the vitrification of its component materials, i.e., clays, feldspar and siliceous sands. These materials are sintered through firing in kilns in excess of 1200ºC, compacting the elements which closes the pores and giving the porcelain its excellent technical properties that enable it to be the perfect paving and cladding choice for many domestic and commercial projects.

Ceramic on the other hand is manufactured in a similar way but tend to not have the quality clay used in vitrified porcelain and are not fired at the same high temperatures.  They then simply have a glazed top surface meaning they are not as hard wearing as vitrified porcelain.

As the stone is natural, no two pieces are the same, allowing designers and homeowners to create stunning bespoke and individual designs which will outshine the likes of concrete and other man-made building materials. Some of the benefits natural stone has to offer include:

• Natural stone is generally easy to clean.
• The diversity of the product allows it to be used in several applications.
• Each piece of natural stone has a unique blend of colours and tones.
• All of our Natural Stone makes a durable frost-resistant paving and walling.
• Using natural stone materials may add greater value to your property as it's uniquely formed, and each piece of stone has its own characteristics, colour variations, veining, markings and occasional charming imperfections.

We recommend that you visit your local Elliotts branch where possible, so that you can view our range and see the stone laid out.

For young children and older people, a more textured finish may be better suited as this gives extra/additional traction.

Natural stone does not have to be sealed so sealing is a personal choice, however, we recommend sealing natural stone as it's an important step to protect the surface and maintain the natural beauty of the stone.

You can find out more in our guide: Everything You Need To Know About Sealing Sandstone Paving

Talasey are proactive, innovative members of the Ethical Stone Register.

By supporting and working with the Ethical Stone Register, they help to eradicate not only child labour in the stone industry but also inhumane and unsafe working conditions for all stoneworkers.

Being fully aware of the inhumane practices that exist in parts of the world, Natural Paving Products have made a firm commitment to demonstrate to the industry just how natural stone mining should be conducted successfully and ethically.